So actually according to ?uestlove in his Red Bull interview, the “Lauryn track” was NOT “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, it was a completely different set of MULTIPLE beats that could’ve been a track with Lauryn but they never decided on which track (meaning Jay Dee beat) was gonna be used. And Lauryn never committed her vocals to tape that we know of. So in a last stitch effort they decided to cover “Feel Like Makin’ Love” , which is why Jay Dee isn’t credited, because it replaced the Lauryn track. It wasn’t actually the track she was supposed to be on. ruclips.net/video/yCxVzCe2N1Y/видео.html he starts talking about it at 42:38.
The timeline of events and who did what when definitely gets murky. I’m pulling my info from Dan Charnas’ research and interviews from his excellent book “Dilla Time”, but as we’ve seen with the Soulquarians before, there are multiple conflicting stories about what happened. In this case, regardless of what specifically happened, it’s a shame that we never got a Dill/D’Angelo/Lauryn track, and especially that Dilla didn’t get credit for (at minimum) his influence on this album. To represent both sides of the story for the record, I’ll pin this comment. Thanks for the link and citation!
@@diggingthegreats absolutely agreed, love your videos, thank you so much for shedding light on these amazing stories and music that is overlooked so often 🙌🏼
Bro, these videos never disappoint with the information that construct most of my favorites from this time, as for the mashup…🔥. It’s nice to see Alien Family getting some love and it was the very first beat that I ever heard after actually discovering J Dilla. It’s been love ever since. It was at a pivotal moment for me and it literally changed my life. He was already gone 🕊️and I remember the tears that fell when I found out. I just wanted to pay my respects. I always felt J Dilla presence in Voodoo and when I looked on the back of the CD cover for him, I was disappointed. But yo, you brought what I already felt was real out in the open. Thank you for what you do. You the GOAT!! 🐐
Really appreciate how much you discuss D'Angelo. It's criminal how underrated he is in today's landscape, but I'm sure when he returns it'll be to his rightful place on the Soul throne.
I don't think so, Black Messiah didn't make much of a splash in the mainstream, even though it was one of, if not the best albums of that whole decade imo. But that's cool, D'Angelo isn't really chasing fame at this point of his life, he seems to be purposely avoiding it actually. He just puts out a classic album every decade, to bless us with some good soul music.
@@LookingForAName... “Black Messiah” didn’t make much of a splash?! Huh????? In February 2016, Black Messiah won a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 58th Grammy Awards. 🙄 Put more respect on D’s name yo… every time that cat drops something he wins big… #Casual
The passion, music knowledge, artistic skill and awesome voice makes this an amazing channel. Thank you for the cool content and early congratulations to your inevitable 100,000 subs and beyond.
Brother you litteraly made me cry!!!...thank you for this, your channel is probably the best I terms of content work and research materials I have ever seen.I mean wooow!!!
I bought the book “Dilla Time” because of your recommendation in a previous video and DEVOURED it. I learned, I laughed, I cried… it was an amazing book. Gonna be gifting it to multiple friends!
Bro I'm SOOOO GLAD that your channel popped up in my suggestions. I was always considered the source of most things "Dilla" in my circle, but you took me to school! I now recommend your channel now for further insight when asked about Dilla's story. Keep up the amazing work, bro.
THANK YOU MAN. Jesus Christmas. I'm in the middle of Dilla Time now. I bought two copies. One to abuse, mark and highlight in and the other for my book shelve. Keep em coming man. I gotta share this link. Salute.
I had wanted to read dilla time it was on my wishlist but due to these videos I actually purchased it and am 7 chapters or so deep. Thank you very much for motivating me to do something I needed for my music. ❤
Bro. I just recently found your channel and have to say that your content quality is off the charts. I had my 16 year old daughter, who loves Voodoo but doesn’t have the ties to it like I do because I was 20-21 and heartbroken when this album dropped (voodoo was the soundtrack to the breakup but one mo gin was the my script if I was ever to see her again [I haven’t lol]) and she sat through the soulquarians video and the chicken grease video, and the D Angelo Voodoo documentary. These music history lessons are incredible! I love the lessons, the playing, the mixes, and most importantly, the dancing. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next installment. I have a suggestion. Can you cover Madlib and all of his aliases? All of him as jazz musicians and as Quasimodo. There has to be a ton of content surrounding him. Oh, did I mention that I absolutely love the dancing in these videos?? Also, she said that you have an amazing beard.
Avengers of Neo Soul looool couldn’t have said it better. Just came across your channel and have binge watched several of your videos already like the lectures I wish I could stay awake in during college . Such great quality and love how much homage you’re giving to these legends!
Not ONLY Do I Appreciate, All The Knowledge You Put Forth, But Then The Muzic, You Put Together, Showcasing, What You Told Us To Imagine………..Pure Fire 🔥 Dawg😮!!!
One of the great things about this channel, aside from learning a ton of new stuff about music that I love, is imagining what other topics you can draw inspiration from to make more videos. I'd love a deeper dive into Voodoo, especially the instrumental alchemy between Questlove, Charlie Hunter, and Roy Hargrove on "Spanish Joint". The acoustic demo for that song is on RUclips as well and it's amazing!
I would like to see you do a video on The Neptunes! Your research is incredible and I appreciate the time and effort you put in the music and it’s history💜
OK my dude, I see you and I subbed! I see that you are heavily into the same artists that I love, and you tell the stories behind the art that is just as interesting. Dope track by the way!
This channel is gold and this is one of the few decisions the youtube algorithm did well :) Will you break down MF DOOM & Madlib in the future? Would love to see that. Greetings from Berlin, Germany
I would really love to hear your take on the Neo-soul supergroup that didnt happen… and boy for the album to drop 17 years after the fact: Jon B’s “Jack Herrera”. The history behind it is crazy!
Another great video man, please keep it up. I'd be lying though if I said I didn't hear Snakes the second you started that remix. Second you hit the drums I heard "Sometimes I feel alienated because I'm not up in the stadium playing or on the radio saying"
I was walking around NY, on the periphery of the business, during that time. I had always heard that the label was struggling with Voodoo before it dropped because "it was too dark" and it was being delayed as they tried to find a single. I heard there was a song they were trying to do with Lauryn, but Rohan killed it. I never said this before because it always felt like unfair gossip. To this day, idk what is true and what is not...but so much time has passed for this little bit of gossip to matter. So, I'm just letting it fly here.
So who are the artists now that are continuing to make neo soul music that you can recommend. Watching ur videos has made me fall in love again w/ all the music the soulquarians made. Commons like water for chocolate is in my top 10 all time fav albums btw.
Interesting to note, in the original post on OKayplayer, Quest says: "jaydee did the lauryn track. and it has an al green feel to it mixed with a little ''got til it's gone'' (jaydee did that too...)." And now we know definitively (from Charnas's research) that Dilla didn't do *that* either...
Wow! I was surprised that Dilla did not have any credits on Voodoo especially since Questlove was talking about altering his drum feel based on Dilla's unquantized time and D'Angelo's guidance in the Red Bull Music Academy interview
I guess he didn’t get credit because it was more of an influence than direct production. At most he could have gotten a “thank you for the inspiration” credit. Just like Marvin Gaye and Prince could have gotten an influence credit also. 🙂
Questlove actually "got D'Angelo's attention" by playing the intro to "Four" by Madhouse (Prince's side project) at a Roots concert. Video: ruclips.net/video/8tp5BHK8m5w/видео.html
Right! Quest has told the story multiple ways, with either Four or a Dilla style beat being the thing that he played to get D’Angelo’s attention. In my Soulquarians video I mention both, Regardless, Dilla played a crucial role in the formation. Here’s the interview where he mentions the Dilla groove: (story around 52:00) ruclips.net/video/r_nmfs-TgGQ/видео.html
I really appreciate your videos! Can you please dig into Heavy Rhyme Experience by the Brand New Heavies? Incredible live band hip hop album from 1992. Would be really interesting to hear your perspective on it. Just celebrated its 30th anniversary in July. Thanks again for your amazing vids!
I saw a Russel Elevado quote (the legendary engineer behind a lot of the Soulquarian artists stuff) saying several of the songs were live instrument replications of Dilla beats. I can definitely hear the Dilla thing for the song chicken grease. Those block guitar chords and the timing sounds just like him. Like they were replicating the choppy sound of someone triggering guitar samples.
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So actually according to ?uestlove in his Red Bull interview, the “Lauryn track” was NOT “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, it was a completely different set of MULTIPLE beats that could’ve been a track with Lauryn but they never decided on which track (meaning Jay Dee beat) was gonna be used. And Lauryn never committed her vocals to tape that we know of. So in a last stitch effort they decided to cover “Feel Like Makin’ Love” , which is why Jay Dee isn’t credited, because it replaced the Lauryn track. It wasn’t actually the track she was supposed to be on. ruclips.net/video/yCxVzCe2N1Y/видео.html he starts talking about it at 42:38.
The timeline of events and who did what when definitely gets murky. I’m pulling my info from Dan Charnas’ research and interviews from his excellent book “Dilla Time”, but as we’ve seen with the Soulquarians before, there are multiple conflicting stories about what happened. In this case, regardless of what specifically happened, it’s a shame that we never got a Dill/D’Angelo/Lauryn track, and especially that Dilla didn’t get credit for (at minimum) his influence on this album.
To represent both sides of the story for the record, I’ll pin this comment. Thanks for the link and citation!
@@diggingthegreats absolutely agreed, love your videos, thank you so much for shedding light on these amazing stories and music that is overlooked so often 🙌🏼
𝓐𝓱𝓪 𝓪𝓪𝓪
Interesting, Makes actual sense now.
😊😊
Bro, these videos never disappoint with the information that construct most of my favorites from this time, as for the mashup…🔥. It’s nice to see Alien Family getting some love and it was the very first beat that I ever heard after actually discovering J Dilla. It’s been love ever since. It was at a pivotal moment for me and it literally changed my life. He was already gone 🕊️and I remember the tears that fell when I found out. I just wanted to pay my respects. I always felt J Dilla presence in Voodoo and when I looked on the back of the CD cover for him, I was disappointed. But yo, you brought what I already felt was real out in the open. Thank you for what you do. You the GOAT!! 🐐
🙏🙏Doing my best to pay respect to the music and the legends who made it!
Really appreciate how much you discuss D'Angelo. It's criminal how underrated he is in today's landscape, but I'm sure when he returns it'll be to his rightful place on the Soul throne.
I don't think so, Black Messiah didn't make much of a splash in the mainstream, even though it was one of, if not the best albums of that whole decade imo.
But that's cool, D'Angelo isn't really chasing fame at this point of his life, he seems to be purposely avoiding it actually. He just puts out a classic album every decade, to bless us with some good soul music.
Seriously criminal.. when I tell coworkers I’m a big D’Angelo fan they think I’m into like Chris brown and trash modern pop rnb
@@LookingForAName... “Black Messiah” didn’t make much of a splash?! Huh?????
In February 2016, Black Messiah won a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 58th Grammy Awards.
🙄
Put more respect on D’s name yo… every time that cat drops something he wins big… #Casual
@@cooneyman21 व्व्तुइइन्म. Na उज्ज्झ्ह्ह था जो झुका
He was the last great Soul Singer jmo
That blend was absolutely 🔥🔥🔥 you need to make an entire feature on just you blending JDilla tracks!!!
Congratulations on 100k!!!
That remix is still banging you should make a full length track a upload it,!
Great video as always! Nujabes and DJ Shadow would be awesome artists to dive into.
Yeeeess entroducing is one of my fav albums of all time
Ohhh Nujabes!!! He’s another one we all definitely miss.. Him and Dilla were ahead of their time
Yeeees!
YES! NUJABES PLEASE!!
The passion, music knowledge, artistic skill and awesome voice makes this an amazing channel. Thank you for the cool content and early congratulations to your inevitable 100,000 subs and beyond.
Thank you 🙏 and stay tuned… something fun coming for 100k 😎
Last time I jumped on your video you had under 1000 subscribers. You’re going to blow up
There’s a lot of “Lauryn Hill Problems” lmso😅. Great work , per usual .
😂😂
Your videos make me so happy and remind me why I love music 😊 you’re gonna blow up soon no doubt
Thank you! 🙏
as someone who’s been listening to brown sugar almost religiously for over 2 decades still, i love how much you talk about d’angelo.
Dope video! Would love to see you dive into a nujabes track like Lady Brown or a luv(sic) and bring us into the world of 60s and 70s Brazilian music
oooohhhhh yeah this right here
I'm learning so much from your channel. Amazing
Suuuuch a great channel! Awesome discovery I've just made!
Brother you litteraly made me cry!!!...thank you for this, your channel is probably the best I terms of content work and research materials I have ever seen.I mean wooow!!!
These videos are heavily influencing my taste in music and I have absolutely no problem with that
love this channel! please never stop!
I bought the book “Dilla Time” because of your recommendation in a previous video and DEVOURED it. I learned, I laughed, I cried… it was an amazing book. Gonna be gifting it to multiple friends!
Bro I'm SOOOO GLAD that your channel popped up in my suggestions. I was always considered the source of most things "Dilla" in my circle, but you took me to school! I now recommend your channel now for further insight when asked about Dilla's story. Keep up the amazing work, bro.
Look man that mix slaps
THANK YOU MAN. Jesus Christmas. I'm in the middle of Dilla Time now. I bought two copies. One to abuse, mark and highlight in and the other for my book shelve. Keep em coming man. I gotta share this link. Salute.
Aye man that smash up u did is dope....love ur passion for this music..down to the smallest details
Thanks for turning me on to D'Angelo's Voodoo, Questlove, and Dilla. So much music, so little time...
I had wanted to read dilla time it was on my wishlist but due to these videos I actually purchased it and am 7 chapters or so deep. Thank you very much for motivating me to do something I needed for my music. ❤
Well-researched appreciation imbued with nuance and clarity.
Keep doing what you're doing. We love it!!
That remix of yours really swings. Thanks man. Love your videos.
bro your videos are so great, thank you for putting in the effort to make truly entertaining videos my friend
Thank you 🙏 gotta do it right!
Yep. Another dope video. My new favourite channel. Keep ‘em coming. 😊
Thank you so much! Many more on the way 🔥
Please never stop doing D'angelo videos 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
THIS SONG IS SO UNDERATED!!!! An INCREDIBLE cover that doesn't get enough due!!!!
This has to be a track.... beautiful video
You are a genius. I am staggered by every one of your videos. You help to remind me how much I love music
Bro. I just recently found your channel and have to say that your content quality is off the charts. I had my 16 year old daughter, who loves Voodoo but doesn’t have the ties to it like I do because I was 20-21 and heartbroken when this album dropped (voodoo was the soundtrack to the breakup but one mo gin was the my script if I was ever to see her again [I haven’t lol]) and she sat through the soulquarians video and the chicken grease video, and the D Angelo Voodoo documentary. These music history lessons are incredible! I love the lessons, the playing, the mixes, and most importantly, the dancing. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next installment.
I have a suggestion. Can you cover Madlib and all of his aliases? All of him as jazz musicians and as Quasimodo. There has to be a ton of content surrounding him.
Oh, did I mention that I absolutely love the dancing in these videos??
Also, she said that you have an amazing beard.
Thank god for this channel .
i cant believe this channel has less than 100k subs, this is my favorite channel
Absolute mustard my friend 👍🏿
love to see the channel growing!
Thank you for all the support! Having so much fun celebrating this music!
Avengers of Neo Soul looool couldn’t have said it better. Just came across your channel and have binge watched several of your videos already like the lectures I wish I could stay awake in during college . Such great quality and love how much homage you’re giving to these legends!
Thank you so much for putting the remix out for free on your site, you did great job on this🙏
shout out to you for putting this together man. great work
My favorite D'Angelo song off the album. Thank you for covering it!
Not ONLY Do I Appreciate, All The Knowledge You Put Forth, But Then The Muzic, You Put Together, Showcasing, What You Told Us To Imagine………..Pure Fire 🔥 Dawg😮!!!
Bruh you fr talented af
Thank you 🙏 having so much fun with these!
Bro, you killed this video! New Subscriber here and I'm catching up on ALL your old vids now. Keep it up, SALUTE!
never leaving this channel ever
the algo wins today, this is awesoem il be following for more
Dis channel feels good
You been doing da lawds work here and with you channel. Love the deep dives
Dude you always make videos about songs or artists I love to death. Such unique and thoughtful content, keep it up and don’t stop man✊
glad you popped up on my recommended man
favorite new channel 🙏🏾
Not even sure why I wait until the end of the video to “like”. I should know by now as soon as you put something out it’s gonna be fire lol
Love your vibe and insight man, and your playing isn't slack! Big up from the UK!
youre a genius! love your break downs and context...
One of the great things about this channel, aside from learning a ton of new stuff about music that I love, is imagining what other topics you can draw inspiration from to make more videos. I'd love a deeper dive into Voodoo, especially the instrumental alchemy between Questlove, Charlie Hunter, and Roy Hargrove on "Spanish Joint". The acoustic demo for that song is on RUclips as well and it's amazing!
You did a GREAT job with this brother.
You always deliver with these deep dive episodes on neo-soul lore! Love your work man, thank you
That lil mix was 🔥🎶
I would like to see you do a video on The Neptunes! Your research is incredible and I appreciate the time and effort you put in the music and it’s history💜
The more I watch your channel, the more I realize that you are a Soulquarians stan. lol. Can’t blame you though! Keep up the great work, brother.
luv ur vids man! There’s always a smile on my face when u upload
Thank you 🙏 having so much fun and I’m glad your enjoying it!
My man... THANK YOU.
OK my dude, I see you and I subbed!
I see that you are heavily into the same artists that I love, and you tell the stories behind the art that is just as interesting.
Dope track by the way!
Great job bro!!! I think they all would be proud if they heard this. SALUTE!!!! RIP Trugoy and DILLA!!!
This channel is gold and this is one of the few decisions the youtube algorithm did well :)
Will you break down MF DOOM & Madlib in the future? Would love to see that.
Greetings from Berlin, Germany
The beat reminds of the joey bada$$ song called snakes on 1999 mixtape
Yo I was thinking the same thing. Wiki says that Dilla produced that song for Joey so no wonder it sounded familiar 🤷🏼♂️
Amazing video!
I would really love to hear your take on the Neo-soul supergroup that didnt happen… and boy for the album to drop 17 years after the fact: Jon B’s “Jack Herrera”. The history behind it is crazy!
Everyone of your videos I've watched have been great--thanks for the insights!
Absolutely brilliant!!!!
Great mix!
Love your vids!
Where can I listen to this amazing mix of these songs you’ve made?
You can download the remix from this video by going to www.diggingthegreats.com
Incredible 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Another great video man, please keep it up. I'd be lying though if I said I didn't hear Snakes the second you started that remix.
Second you hit the drums I heard "Sometimes I feel alienated because I'm not up in the stadium playing or on the radio saying"
I was walking around NY, on the periphery of the business, during that time. I had always heard that the label was struggling with Voodoo before it dropped because "it was too dark" and it was being delayed as they tried to find a single. I heard there was a song they were trying to do with Lauryn, but Rohan killed it. I never said this before because it always felt like unfair gossip. To this day, idk what is true and what is not...but so much time has passed for this little bit of gossip to matter. So, I'm just letting it fly here.
Thanks for showing D’Angelo’s to those who don’t know
So who are the artists now that are continuing to make neo soul music that you can recommend. Watching ur videos has made me fall in love again w/ all the music the soulquarians made. Commons like water for chocolate is in my top 10 all time fav albums btw.
Literally my fave song from D’Angelo 😭
Ok, so when are you going to release a full length album of mashups inspired by the Soulquarians?? I can listen to these types of tracks all day man 🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥 amazing content
You should check out the recording of D’Angelo playing everybody loves the sunshine
Big track
This is awesome
Nice work
YO!!! That shit was Dope…..You A Bad Man!!
Brown Sugar >>> Voodoo. I don’t care what review mags, Questlove or anyone says. Great video though. Thank you.
Listen!!!!! That track!!!!!! You’re a fucking beast!!!!!! Great video! Picked up my holiday spirit fast!!!!!!
Thank you so much! Had a lot of fun with this one imagining what could be!
Interesting to note, in the original post on OKayplayer, Quest says: "jaydee did the lauryn track. and it has an al green feel to it mixed with a little ''got til it's gone'' (jaydee did that too...)." And now we know definitively (from Charnas's research) that Dilla didn't do *that* either...
Amazing!!❤
Your'e a cool dude :)
Thanks for the content
there is never enough of dilla
Wow! I was surprised that Dilla did not have any credits on Voodoo especially since Questlove was talking about altering his drum feel based on Dilla's unquantized time and D'Angelo's guidance in the Red Bull Music Academy interview
I guess he didn’t get credit because it was more of an influence than direct production. At most he could have gotten a “thank you for the inspiration” credit. Just like Marvin Gaye and Prince could have gotten an influence credit also. 🙂
Omg!!! This is sick! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 7:21
Man I would jam that remix all day. Where can I find that?
Questlove got D’s attention by playing a Madhouse track which was Prince’s jazz outlet. It was a Prince track :)
This is fantastic
Questlove actually "got D'Angelo's attention" by playing the intro to "Four" by Madhouse (Prince's side project) at a Roots concert.
Video: ruclips.net/video/8tp5BHK8m5w/видео.html
Right! Quest has told the story multiple ways, with either Four or a Dilla style beat being the thing that he played to get D’Angelo’s attention. In my Soulquarians video I mention both, Regardless, Dilla played a crucial role in the formation.
Here’s the interview where he mentions the Dilla groove: (story around 52:00) ruclips.net/video/r_nmfs-TgGQ/видео.html
I really appreciate your videos!
Can you please dig into Heavy Rhyme Experience by the Brand New Heavies? Incredible live band hip hop album from 1992.
Would be really interesting to hear your perspective on it. Just celebrated its 30th anniversary in July.
Thanks again for your amazing vids!
Outstanding
I saw a Russel Elevado quote (the legendary engineer behind a lot of the Soulquarian artists stuff) saying several of the songs were live instrument replications of Dilla beats. I can definitely hear the Dilla thing for the song chicken grease. Those block guitar chords and the timing sounds just like him. Like they were replicating the choppy sound of someone triggering guitar samples.